What is Police Clearance Certificate?

Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) is an official document which is issued by Government agency of Country, that individual may require when visits any specific or particular country. This PCC Certificate details whether or not the applicant has a Criminal record in that country where he/she resided for more than 6 months and is required as part of the visa process by the Respective High Commission or Embassy. PCC is also called as Certificate of Good Conduct, Criminal Record Certificate, Good Citizen Certificate, and Judicial Record Extracts in many countries. The purpose of applying this certificate is Residential status, Employment or Long term visa or for migration to other countries.

The submission of documents is required by the PCC applicants to different countries for employment or immigration purpose. The documents included a cover letter states the need for the said certificate, driving license, Old and current passport, recent photographs, Identification card of place where applicant is residing. The application form can be downloaded from the website or provided from the organization where PCC process is holding and then submitted along with the supporting documents indicated on the website. The application form should be completely and carefully filled.

Fingerprints plays unique role in PCC as fingerprint is unique of every individual. No two fingerprints belong to the same individual. So this uniqueness of fingerprints is needed in PCC to compare the fingerprints that fingerprints belong to the same individual. The fingerprints were taken by the fingerprint expert on the fingerprint cards. Full set of fingerprints of both the hands obtained from the applicant’s on provided fingerprint form. Fingerprint cards vary for different countries. For FBI USA, FD-258 fingerprint card is used, for RCMP Canada, Dubai, Singapore C-216c form is required for fingerprinting. The fingerprints should be clear and easily recognized. Applicants may have to submit fingerprints and certain details (personal) to request Criminal Record Check.

The applicable time depends on the processing of application. It may take 15-20 days for USA-FBI, Dubai, Singapore, and Kuwait for full processing of PCC application and may take more than 1 month for some countries. The validity of PCC varies for each Country.

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